Ethiopian Airlines flight with 157 aboard crashes
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet bound to Nairobi, Kenya with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard crashed yesterday morning, the airline said. Flight ET 302 crashed near…
Duterte tells women: Don’t go near priests
Continuing his tirades against the Catholic Church, President Duterte has advised women to not go near priests because they might just get raped. Duterte made the statement following reports that a…
Taxpayers urged to file ITRs now
The Bureau of Internal Revenue has asked individual and corporate taxpayers to file their 2018 Income Tax Returns now and not wait for the last day rush and confusion. Revenue officials…
Rody: No to war vs China
The country could not afford to wage war with China over the South China Sea dispute because it was a "rich" county with "plenty of good quality weapons," President Duterte declared last…
Sara assails Leni’s courage
LIPA CITY, Batangas – After questioning the Vice President’s integrity, Hugpong ng Pagbabago chairperson and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte is now assailing Vice President Leni Robredo’s brand of courage.…
Cop arrested for firing gun inside Manila apartment
A drunk police officer was arrested by his colleagues after he allegedly opened fire inside his rented apartment in Sampaloc, Manila Saturday. The Manila Police District Station 4 (Sampaloc) identified…
Duterte warns mulcting lawmen
President Duterte recently said he would allow people to beat up erring policemen who extort money from them. The President asserted that he does not tolerate "kotong" or mulcting cops…
810,000 MM ordinance violators sanctioned
After nearly nine months of relentless operations, 809,885 ordinance violators in Metro Manila have been sanctioned by the police, data released yesterday by the National Capital Region Police Office showed. NCRPO chief Police Major…
4 nabbed in drug den raid
CEBU CITY – Four persons were arrested when agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas raided a suspected drug den in Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City, Cebu at…
Soldiers, NPA clash in Agusan
Troops of the Army 23rd Infantry Battalion encountered more or less 10 New People's Army rebels in Agusan del Norte last Saturday. A military report disclosed that the encounter took…
Samar mom gets 15-year jail term for exploiting own child
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – A mother from Sta. Margarita, Samar who sexually exploited her 10-year-old daughter was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday. Judge Reynaldo Clemens of the Calbayog…
Djokovic, Osaka earn victories
Djokovic beat Bjorn Fratangelo 7-6 (5), 6-2 in pursuit of a record sixth title in the desert. It was Djokovic's 50th match win at the tournament, his highest total at…
Sara told to end tiff over honesty with Leni
LIPA CITY, Batangas – “Alam na ng lahat na anak ka ni Rodrigo. Dapat malaman ng tao na anak ka din ni Elizabeth.” Heeding this admonition from her mother, Elizabeth…
Duterte to communists: Drop guns, let’s discuss land reform
President Duterte has warned anew communist rebels against illegally occupying or stealing lands, saying they should instead drop their weapons and wait to become land reform beneficiaries. As he vowed…
North Korea holds election
PYONGYANG (AFP) – North Koreans go to the polls Sunday for an election in which there can be only one winner. Leader Kim Jong Un's ruling Workers' Party has an…
13 dead, 7 wounded in Mexico bar shooting
MEXICO CITY (AFP) – At least 13 people were killed and another seven wounded in a shooting at a bar early on Saturday in Mexico's violence-wracked Guanajuato state, local media…
